Senior Principal Data Lakehouse Architect

Elm; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 350,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Elm is seeking a senior Data Lakehouse Architect to lead enterprise-scale data platforms. You will design scalable architectures, set standards, and guide analytics & AI initiatives across the organization.

You will collaborate with data engineering, BI, and governance teams, mentor engineers, and drive strategic roadmaps to enhance performance, reliability, and cataloging. A bachelor’s degree plus 10–12 years’ experience is expected, location: Riyadh.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 10–12 years of experience in Data Engineering, Big Data Platforms, Data Architecture, BI, Analytics.
• Strong knowledge of Data Lakehouse architecture, big data technologies, and modern data engineering practices.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the Data Lakehouse architecture strategy aligned with business and analytics objectives.
• Establish standards, engineering principles, and roadmaps for enterprise data platforms.
• Develop scalable data pipelines and data ingestion/transformation processes.
• Promote adoption of data catalog capabilities and ensure metadata is accurate.
• Provide technical leadership and mentor engineering teams across data initiatives.

Skills

Data Lakehouse architecture

Big data technologies

Data pipelines

Leadership & mentoring

Data catalog & metadata

Performance optimization

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Elm is seeking a senior Data Lakehouse Architect to lead enterprise-scale data platforms. You will design scalable architectures, set standards, and guide analytics & AI initiatives across the organization.

You will collaborate with data engineering, BI, and governance teams, mentor engineers, and drive strategic roadmaps to enhance performance, reliability, and cataloging. A bachelor’s degree plus 10–12 years’ experience is expected, location: Riyadh.